About Miami Whitewater Forest

Acres: 4,438

Miami Whitewater Forest offers a visitor center with nature displays and a gift shop. The park also features multiple trails, including the paved 7.8-mile Shaker Trace trail and 1.4-mile Parcours trail, as well as the 1.7-mile Badlands, 0.8-mile Oakleaf, 0.6-mile Tallgrass Prairie and1.4-mile Timberlakes nature trails, plus two horseback riding trails. Visitors can enjoy a 9-hole disc golf course and play or practice at the Miami Whitewater Forest Soccer Complex in a men's, women's or co-rec league. Shelters, picnic areas and a youth camp area are reservable. The park also includes an 11-acre dog park with play fields, an all-season area and a dog agility course.

The boathouse is open March 8 through October 26 and offers row, pedal, motor and pontoon boats, kayaks, stand up paddle boards and bicycles for rent. Licensed private canoes and kayaks and electric and gas motors up to 4 hp are permitted. Bank fishing is also available.

The 46-site wooded campground offers a great weekend getaway with campsites equipped with 30 amp electric hookup, picnic table and fire ring. An accessible shower building, playground and dump station are located within the campground.

Nature's Niche Gifts & Books offer a variety of nature-related items. Everything from handcrafted jewelry and trinkets, to books, games, bird feeders, garden decore and more. It is also the best place to find artwork by John Ruthven and Kate Albert, as well as a great inventory of Charley Harper collectibles!

Located in Miami Whitewater Forest, the Shaker Trace Nursery was created in the spring of 1992 to harvest and store native prairie and wetland seed habitat restoration projects. Since then, the nursery has grown to include seed collection and processing as well as raising fish for sustainable stocking of Great Parks’ fishing lakes. Shaker Trace Nursery is comprised of a drying barn, greenhouse, several outbuildings, plant beds and aquaculture ponds.

Great place to stop in if you are looking for some nature education with the kids. The center features a life-sized, animated John James Audubon, a mini-wetland display with live animals and interactive displays. The center also features a Nature's Niche Gifts & Books.

Park Alerts & Closures

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Wooded Horse Trails Closed

The Wooded horse trails at Miami Whitewater Forest are now closed for the
season. The trails will remain closed
until conditions are favorable in the spring. Weather permitting, the trails will be open for one week
between Christmas and New Year's Day.

Park Alerts & Closures

The Wooded horse trails at Miami Whitewater Forest are now closed for the
season. The trails will remain closed
until conditions are favorable in the spring. Weather permitting, the trails will be open for one week
between Christmas and New Year's Day.